What to upgrade?

_SamIAm_ · Post by **_SamIAm_** » 27 Sep 2007, 10:09

Heya peps,

its time to upgrade again 8O

i was wondering if i could get some advise on what should be the first step...
my current setup its as follows:

Motherboard: ASUS M2V - Motherboard Based on VIA K8T890 (Socket AM2) Chipset
CPU: Athlon 64 3800+
HDD: 160 seagate
GPU: ATI Radeon X1600Pro
Chassis: Midi Chassis, 450Watt PSU, 2x 120mm Fans
Memory: 1x 1024mb DDR II 667mhz CL5

now i was thinking of first step getting this processor:

AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ Socket AM2 64bit CPU

but i aint sure so what do you guys think?

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 27 Sep 2007, 10:09

Good stuff

Go for it

PsyCLown · Post by **PsyCLown** » 27 Sep 2007, 10:39

Well how much do you have in total to upgrade? Whats your budget?

_SamIAm_ · Post by **_SamIAm_** » 27 Sep 2007, 10:41

lookin at about R3000, so thinking about that processor and maybe a extra 1024 of ram?

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 27 Sep 2007, 10:45

What about a faster gfx? Ram is good

I'd look at getting a 79gt or something

and a gig of ram and THEN save for a fast chip

Hex_Rated · Post by **Hex_Rated** » 27 Sep 2007, 10:51

Memory: 1x 1024mb DDR II 667mhz CL5

Very first thing to do is get another identical stick. That CPU is severely limited running single channel memory. A 6000+ will not work very well with memory running single channel.

_SamIAm_ · Post by **_SamIAm_** » 27 Sep 2007, 10:56

do i rather ditch that ram and get 2x DDR II 800mhz?

Hex_Rated · Post by **Hex_Rated** » 27 Sep 2007, 11:01

Probably a better idea. At least you can make sure they're identical that way. But get value DDR2-800, and try upgrade to the 6000+ as well. What's your budget? www.pcint.co.za has twinmos 1GB sticks for R295 or Kingstons for R419 excl if your in the JHB region.

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 27 Sep 2007, 11:02

2GB DDR2-800's!

Definately.

Where will you be buying?

_SamIAm_ · Post by **_SamIAm_** » 27 Sep 2007, 11:05

not 100% sure yet Prob Axiz, but what i've seen from here http://www.pcformat.co.za/modules.php?n ... ic&t=26481
if might be cheaper to go threw a public Distributor

halo · Post by **halo** » 04 Oct 2007, 19:15

_SamIAm_ . sorry for hyjacking your thread, but im not going to start another upgrading thread... Okay, plain and simple, this is what i want to get. is it good and more importantly are the prices good... any input will be very help full...

Mother board :[P5N-E-SLI] - ASUS Intel Nvidia 650i SLI R999

Core 2 Duo E6750 2.67Ghz (1333FSB 4MB) R1,449

1GB DDRII-800 (Kingston - KVR800D2N5/1G) R419 *2

the prices above are excluding VAT and are all from HERE

what you guys think?

psYChowIt · Post by **psYChowIt** » 04 Oct 2007, 20:02

halo wrote:_SamIAm_ . sorry for hyjacking your thread, but im not going to start another upgrading thread... Okay, plain and simple, this is what i want to get. is it good and more importantly are the prices good... any input will be very help full...

Mother board :[P5N-E-SLI] - ASUS Intel Nvidia 650i SLI R999

Core 2 Duo E6750 2.67Ghz (1333FSB 4MB) R1,449

1GB DDRII-800 (Kingston - KVR800D2N5/1G) R419

the prices above are excluding VAT and are all from HERE

what you guys think?

that looks good but ditch the new ram and save for gpu

halo · Post by **halo** » 04 Oct 2007, 20:58

well i already have an 8800GTS sitting in my current PC, thats the only current thing in my PC... its a 3500+ with two gb of DDR400... so i need the ram if i get the new board...

psYChowIt · Post by **psYChowIt** » 04 Oct 2007, 21:00

@ halo- I'm talkin to Sam I am, It's kinda his thread.

halo · Post by **halo** » 04 Oct 2007, 21:18

Oh, i got confused, you qouted what i had said, so i thought you were talking to me

no worries

_SamIAm_ · Post by **_SamIAm_** » 05 Oct 2007, 08:04

Yip i think i am going, go for the new processor and GPU for the moment, cause if i run the 8800 on my current processor i might be wrong but i am sure it will bottle neck very badly